House of Wax

6.9
  • Genre: HorrorCrime
  • Run time: 88 min
  • Premiere: 1953. April 16.

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

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Vincent Price

Henry Jarrod

Frank Lovejoy

Tom Brennan

Phyllis Kirk

Sue Allen

Carolyn Jones

Cathy Gray

Paul Picerni

Scott Andrews

Roy Roberts

Matthew Burke

Angela Clarke

Mrs. Andrews

Paul Cavanagh

Sidney Wallace

Oliver Blake

Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)

Larri Thomas

Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)

Joanne Brown

Girlfriend (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Museum Patron (uncredited)

Leo Curley

Portly Man (uncredited)

Dan Dowling

Museum Patron (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Museum Patron (uncredited)

Mary Lou Holloway

Millie (uncredited)

Jack Kenney

Lodger (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Spectator / Man Entering Music Hall (uncredited)

Lyle Latell

Waiter (uncredited)

Richard Lightner

Detective (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Spectator / Man Entering Music Hall (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Detective (uncredited)

Eddie Parks

Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

Waclaw Rekwart

Museum Patron (uncredited)

Grandon Rhodes

Surgeon (uncredited)

Riza Royce

Mrs. Flanagan (uncredited)

Sammy Shack

Observer on Street (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

Museum Patron (uncredited)

Philip Tonge

Bruce Allison (uncredited)

Merry Townsend

Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Sid Troy

Observer on Street (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Ruth Whitney

Can Can Dancer (uncredited)

Shirley Whitney

Girlfriend (Uncredited)

Jack Wise

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Jack Woody

Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

Charles Hibbs

Corpse in Morgue (uncredited)

Trude Wyler

(uncredited)

Nedrick Young

Leon Averill (uncredited)

Art

Donald P. Desmond

Set Decoration

Stanley Fleischer

Art Direction

Lyle B. Reifsnider

Set Decoration

Camera

Jack Woods

Still Photographer

Bert Glennon

Director of Photography

J. Peverell Marley

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Howard Shoup

Costume Design

Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Crew

Paul Stader

Stunts

Julian Gunzburg

Visual Effects Design Consultant

Fritz Ford

Stand In

Directing

André de Toth

Director

James McMahon

Assistant Director

Editing

Janet Wilson

Colorist

Jean-Pierre Steimer

Assistant Editor

Rudi Fehr

Editor

Production

Joe Dreier

Associate Producer

Bryan Foy

Producer

Sound

Maurice De Packh

Orchestrator

David Buttolph

Original Music Composer

Writing

Crane Wilbur

Screenplay

Art

Donald P. Desmond

Set Decoration

Stanley Fleischer

Art Direction

Lyle B. Reifsnider

Set Decoration

Camera

Jack Woods

Still Photographer

Bert Glennon

Director of Photography

J. Peverell Marley

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Howard Shoup

Costume Design

Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Crew

Paul Stader

Stunts

Julian Gunzburg

Visual Effects Design Consultant

Fritz Ford

Stand In

Directing

André de Toth

Director

James McMahon

Assistant Director

Editing

Janet Wilson

Colorist

Jean-Pierre Steimer

Assistant Editor

Rudi Fehr

Editor

Production

Joe Dreier

Associate Producer

Bryan Foy

Producer

Sound

Maurice De Packh

Orchestrator

David Buttolph

Original Music Composer

Writing

Crane Wilbur

Screenplay